Betty Crocker's Cooky Book

by Betty Crocker

Book Overview

Here is the complete cooky book-more than 450 recipes, dozens of appetizing full-color photographs, and many how-to-do-it sketches. This treasury of cooky baking embraces all tastes-from the old-fashioned and traditional to the new and sophisticated. Plus a large section devoted entirely to holiday cookies. Fun to use. . .perfect to give. Here's the classic treasury of cookie baking that so many people grew up with: the beloved 1963 edition of Betty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764566377
• ISBN13: 9780764566370
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.8" x 10.5"

Customer Reviews

Disappointed

I WAS VERY EXCITED TO FIND THIS COOKBOOK. The condition was listed as good but it is not good. Front cover bent all the way down. Somewhat dirty. Smelly

Best Cooky book ever!

All of my family love this Cooky Book, you can find tasty cookies to make for all skill levels. I order more as the grandchildren “come of age”

I did not receive the cookbook pictured

I did not receive the cookbook pictured I received another edition of it which did not include the recipes that I needed. Very disappointed apparently there are many versions of this cookbook. When I purchased this book I believed I was getting the one that was pictured and was sent a different book. Also found it was very difficult to begin the return process.

A heritage of American cookie baking

According to the book: "The recipes are exactly as they appear in the original 1963 cookbook to reflect the heritage of American baking." There are recipes for bars, drop cookies, rolled cookies, molded cookies, pressed cookies and refrigerator cookies. Many recipes call for fruit or are fruit flavored and of course there are chocolate, nut and spice cookies too. Simple to more elaborate multi-step recipes are included. Some of the cookies from around the world are Fattigmands Bakkels (Scandinavian fried cookies); Pfeffernusse (German Christmas cookie); and Jumanas from South America. Includes information on necessary equipment for baking cookies; baking hints, how to freeze cookies, what cookies travel well, and common baking problems such as too-soft or too-dry cookie dough. The 'best cookies by time period' section goes from Hermits of 1880-1890 to 1960-1963 French Lace Cookies; 'Historical Highlights' -- tidbits of information of the particular time period, are included. Some icing and frosting recipes are included as well as decorating tips. There are recipes for making cookies for a large crowd and also recipes for cookies that start from a mix (such as a cake mix.) This is a great book for someone looking for variety, or to please an old-fashioned cookie lover; or for the student of food and food trends who also likes to bake occasionally. Note: Many recipes call for "shortening" or part shortening, part butter. All butter can be used, or margarine, or as the recipe is written, part hydrogenated shortening, part butter. Of the recipes that call for using any raw unpasteurized egg that is left raw; modern food safety recommends against this. Book is illustrated with full color photos and line drawings, includes Table of Contents and an index (you can search by recipes name or ingredient.

cooky cookbook

best old fashioned cookie cookbook ever! all your favorites in one book make it easy to bake for holidays & snacking.

Best All-around Cookie Book

I grew up on the cookies my Mom made from this book. They are marvelous! When I was a teen, I got my own copy in paperback, for $3.95. 30 years later, I'm looking forward to getting a spiral bound book since mine is falling apart. Three all-time favorites are Plantation Date Bars, Butterscotch Brownies, and Raisin-filled Cookies. There are so many very good recipes, especially ones with chocolate. And often, there are details on the origin and lore of a particular type of cookie. I'm not put off by the use of shortening, as is called for (and commented on by another reviewer). Using shortening does in fact serve a purpose without being a flavorful component, and is therefor not a shortcoming of the cookie collection (in my grandmother's day, she used lard). But if one decides to substitute, there's always butter-flavored Crisco, or butter and oil. But for the most part, I ask why? Cookies are delicacies not a staple, not diet food. Live a little and have fun making yummy cookies from a wonderful-to-look-at book!

The Only One You'll Need

My mom gave me her copy of Betty Crocker's Cooky Book when I got married. The book is literally falling apart -- the back cover is no longer attached, but still sits in the bookshelf next to the rest of the book.This would make a wonderful gift for anyone who likes to bake. It's full of great recipes, some of which I've made so many times that I know them by heart. If you like to bake cookies, buy this book. You won't be disappointed!

At last! Finally! At last!

The Cooky Book should never, ever, EVER be out of print. It's a classic and belongs on the shelf with The Joy of Cooking. When I was a kid, and everyone was poor, we had a friend who baked cookies every Christmas and showed up with a big box for my sister and me. We thought it was the best present we had ever received and waited with bated breath for each year's box. When The Cooky Book was published, there were our favorite recipes: date bars (by far the best recipe I've ever found), Mexican Wedding Cakes/Russian tea cakes, Chocolate Crinkles, Lemon Squares, Snickerdoodles. . . the list goes on and on and on. So I've put in my order for the children who now have children of their own. With luck, they may start their own traditions.

Tins filled with cookies.

Each year at Christmas my grandmother would take out about 20 (it seemed) cookie tins and bake until each and every one of those tins were filled with cookies during the winter months and especially near Christmas. This is also the "cooky" book we had as children. I fondly remember spending hours just looking through this book and wishing the cookies I wanted to make would magically appear on a plate. Soon, I was old enough to cook the Peanut butter Cookies, Russian Teacakes and Candy Cane Cookies. My favorite page as a child was page 56. A page filled with storybook cookies. Painted and iced sugar cookies. The contents include: Drop, Bar, Refrigerator, Rolled, Pressed and Molded Cookies. Holiday Cookies for Valentine's Day, St. Patricks's Day, Easter, Halloween and Christmas. Cookies for Children, Lunchbox treats, Cookies that will travel, Heritage cookies, Cookies for Special Diets. Brownies, Date Bars, Ginger Cookies, Cookies made from mixes Teatime Cookies, Cookies for a Crowd, Confections Best Cookies In this cookbook, they say you can use either the traditional or the sifting method. We always used the traditional dip and sweep method for measuring the flour. Then, on the next page they explain why your cookie dough might be too soft. I've always found this rather amusing, since you see...if you use the sifting method, you will possibly not have enough flour, at least in my mind. Most cookbooks say to use one OR the other method. Some of the cookies you might enjoy: Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies Butterscotch Brownies Holiday Spritz Snickerdoodles Christmas Bells Cream Wafers Nougat Bars Definitely a collectable Betty Crocker Cookbook. ~The Rebecca Review